Comment Re:Technically if an NSA backdoor existed (Score 1) 171
The NSA was _able_ put in back doors. According to the report, the build environments were not safe enough and well enough controlled, or verified, to _prevent_ back doors. Given the NSA's strong interest in having one, and their level of skill, I'm afraid I'd have to assume that they did, indeed, create one. Whether a system that is at risk of such a back door is good enough for personal or even business is something you'd have to decide on a personal basis.
It does seem a good step in the right direction for open source tools to _get_ a thorough security audit, rather than merely relying on "many eyes" to ensure security.